Dorothy Erickson is the author of several books on art, design and history in Western Australia. Daughter of respected naturalist, historian, botanical artist and writer Dr Rica Erickson she grew up on the family farm in Bolgart and attended boarding school in Perth. She has been writing about the crafts since the mid 1970s. A regular writer for publications such as Craftwest, Craft Arts International, OZ Arts, Artlink, Australiana and the ADB she was also an art critic for The Bulletin and has contributed to international publications such as Jewellery Studies and Daily Life of Women: An Encyclopedia from Ancient Times to the Present. She has won awards for writing, been shortlisted for the Premier’s Book Awards and won the State Heritage Award for an Individual for her documentation of Western Australian built and portable heritage. She is a Fellow of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society and FORM.